The newly sworn in members of the South African parliament have voted in African National Congress president Jacob Zuma as the
country's next president in the National Assembly, during their first
sitting.

The heated debate of racism, prejudice and racial discrimination once
again takes the spotlight as several countries gather in Geneva,
Switzerland to attend the United Nation’s Durban Review Conference.

For a certain generation of South Africans, elections are not only a time for making decisions and pondering the future, but also a time of recollection and, perhaps, a time when we scratch the scars of hurtful memories, writes Tim Cohen.